diff --git a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-core/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapreduce/jobhistory/TestHistoryViewerPrinter.java b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-core/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapreduce/jobhistory/TestHistoryViewerPrinter.java
index cb508f6d29b9d..3a1408bdff9d4 100644
--- a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-core/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapreduce/jobhistory/TestHistoryViewerPrinter.java
+++ b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-core/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapreduce/jobhistory/TestHistoryViewerPrinter.java
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 import org.apache.hadoop.mapreduce.JobID;
 import org.apache.hadoop.mapreduce.JobStatus;
 import org.apache.hadoop.mapreduce.TaskType;
+import org.assertj.core.api.Assertions;
 import org.junit.AfterClass;
 import org.junit.Assert;
 import org.junit.BeforeClass;
@@ -35,7 +36,9 @@
 
 import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
 import java.io.PrintStream;
+import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.List;
 import java.util.TimeZone;
 import java.util.Locale;
 
@@ -160,6 +163,13 @@ public void testHumanPrinter() throws Exception {
         LINE_SEPARATOR, outStr);
   }
 
+  private static void assertEqualLines(String str1, String str2) {
+    final List<String> linesFromStr1 = Arrays.asList(str1.trim().split("\n"));
+    final List<String> linesFromStr2 = Arrays.asList(str2.trim().split("\n"));
+
+    Assertions.assertThat(linesFromStr1).containsExactlyInAnyOrderElementsOf(linesFromStr2);
+  }
+
   @Test
   public void testHumanPrinterAll() throws Exception {
     JobHistoryParser.JobInfo job = createJobInfo();
@@ -168,7 +178,7 @@ public void testHumanPrinterAll() throws Exception {
             TimeZone.getTimeZone("GMT"));
     String outStr = run(printer);
     if (System.getProperty("java.version").startsWith("1.7")) {
-      Assert.assertEquals("\n" +
+      assertEqualLines("\n" +
           "Hadoop job: job_1317928501754_0001\n" +
           "=====================================\n" +
           "User: rkanter\n" +
@@ -356,7 +366,7 @@ public void testHumanPrinterAll() throws Exception {
           "localhost\ttask_1317928501754_0001_m_000002, " +
           LINE_SEPARATOR, outStr);
     } else {
-      Assert.assertEquals("\n" +
+      assertEqualLines("\n" +
           "Hadoop job: job_1317928501754_0001\n" +
           "=====================================\n" +
           "User: rkanter\n" +